WHY LIVING SOIL?
IS YOUR GARDEN’S SOIL LIKE A FOREST FULL OF SQUIRRELS?
A forest with only squirrels is not a healthy forest!
Just as a healthy forest needs foxes, owls, bobcats and snakes - healthy soil needs a balanced diversity of microbes
Healthy garden plants require healthy soil. Unfortunately, most organic garden soils are about 95 % bacteria. This is because most commercial composts are 95% bacteria and most organic gardeners add excessive amounts of nitrogen inputs to their soils. Continually adding bacterial foods (nitrogens) and poor quality compost to your garden perpetually re-creates unhealthy soil. This causes many problems for your plants, for you the gardener, and for our planet earth.
PROBLEMS OF BACTERIAL SOILS
Weeds love bacterial soils ~ more work for you, less nutrients for your plants
Pests and soil pathogens love bacterial soils ~ flea beetles, aphids, powdery mildew… the list is endless
Plants suffer from poor nutrition ~ are not strong enough to defend themselves from disease
The earth suffers ~ stable soil carbon is not sequestered, bacteria blow off CO2
BENEFITS OF HEALTHY SOIL
Weeds don’t grow as much ~ the few that do grow will be sickly and not take soil nutrients from your vegetables
Pests and soil pathogen are repelled ~ healthy soil produces plants with strong immune systems, who can naturally and effectively repel insects and soil pathogens of all kinds
Nutrient dense plants ~ healthy soil produces nutrient dense plants, which are more flavorful and provide more vitamins and nutrients for you and your family
Healthy soils are good for the planet ~ healthy soil contains lots of beneficial fungi, who then turn your vegetable garden into a carbon sink instead of a source of CO2 pollution
HOW LIVING SOIL COMPANY CAN HELP
First we test ~ we conduct a thorough microscopic analysis of your soil’s microbial biomass
Then we inoculate ~ once we have a picture of your soil’s health, we then add the exact microbes which will restore balance to your soil’s ecosystem. We do this by extracting soil organisms from our specially made compost. We make compost that is ecologically complete. It is not bacterially dominated and contains healthy numbers of fungi, protozoans, and nematodes, as well as beneficial bacteria. These applications take the form of soil drenches and sprayed teas
Repeat ~ we repeat the process of testing and inoculating until your soil has reached the optimum ratios of soil organisms for your particular crop - be it grass, flowers or vegetables